A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

When virtue is lost benevolence appears when benevolence is lost right conduct appears when right conduct is lost expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth it is the beginning of disorder.

For peace is not mere absence of war but is a virtue that springs from a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Peace is not an absence of war it is a virtue a state of mind a disposition for benevolence confidence justice.

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

General benevolence but not general friendship made a man what he ought to be.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence the other from pride or fear.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.